Special care dentistry: Treating autistic children

Issues and challenges in special care dentistry.

Digital radiography in pediatric and special care dentistry.

I have had the pleasure of working with digital radiography for the past six years. Most of us are familiar with the benefits this technology can bring to any practice, including higher quality radiographs than are possible with film and tremendous efficiency gains. In this article I will explain the benefits specific to pediatric practices and to practitioners who work in hospital operating ro...

Autistic Children

It is written in a most lucid, practical and sensitive way and the message is clear compassion for the children, full understanding, and at times firm, but always sympathetic, handling of them. Lorna Wing has drawn on the works of doctors, psychologists, and teachers with long experience in the field, using many revealing and instructive case examples. She also enlisted the help of many parents...

Special concerns in defining, studying, and treating dystonia in children.

Dystonia is movement disorder with many diverse underlying etiologies. Some of those etiologies manifest at specific stages of development or at specific ages. Others may present early in life and evolve as the individual develops. The appearance of symptoms during a time of nervous system development poses special challenges to the neurologist. Normal functions change appearance, dysfunction m...

Advances in Implant Dentistry—A Special Issue of Dentistry Journal

New knowledge is developing at a rapidly increasing rate in implant dentistry, as in other areas of medicine. [...].